[quote=seasquall]I leave my cat strapped to the trailer. Move mast foreward on the mast rest, and position the base on the ball. Move the stays to the fore crossbar. I use both trap lines and the boom. I have pigtailed rope with carabiners to clip the center of the rope and then run both ends to the same point on fore crossbar as the side stays for triangulating the boom. I use a spare main block with a single block to raise the mast. Once at 45 degrees or so I connect the forestay and finish raising the mast. Once it is up just move the stays to correct places and change your main block and your rigged up. I have been raising mine this way with no help easily. The boom helps keep the mast turned 90 degrees until it clears the crossbar no problem. I lower it the same way, just rig everything up and give your forestay a tug and here she comes.[/quote]
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